1919 in Aviation - Events

Events

  • Raymond Orteig offers the Orteig Prize for the first non-stop transatlantic flight between New York and Paris.
  • A Sopwith Baby attached to a Chilean Navy cruiser is the first shipboard aircraft in Latin American history.

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